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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Accord

Ac-córd', n.

noun

n. [Fr. accord, Pr. accord, It. accordo, Pg. acordo, Sp. acuerdo, agreement, consent; v. Fr. accorder, Pr. acordar, from Lat. cor, cordis, heart, after the analogy of concors, concordia, discordia, &c. Though in some of its applications it seems to agree in sense with the Lat. chorda, It. corda, the string of a musical instrument, it is not to be deduced from it.] 1. Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; consent. “A mediator of an accord and peace between them.” Bacon. These all continued with one accord in prayer. Acts i. 14. Broken by the accord Of roused-up millions. Byron.

  1. Harmony of sounds; the union of different sounds, which is agreeable to the ear; agreement in pitch and tone; as, the accord of tones. [In this sense it is more usual to employ concord or chord.]
  2. Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in painting. Dryden.
  3. Voluntary or spontaneous motion;—preceded by own. Macaulay.

That which groweth of its own accord thou shalt not reap. Lev. xxv. 5. Being more forward of his own accord. 2 Cor. viii. 17. 5. (Law.) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit. Blackstone.

Ac-córd’,, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. ACCORDED; p. pr. & vb. n. ACCORDING.]

Sense 1. To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another;—followed by to.

Her hands accorded the lute’s music to the voice. Sidney.

Sense 2. To bring to an agreement, as persons, or to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to accord suits or controversies.

All which particulars, being confessedly knotty and difficult, can never be accorded but by a competent stock of critical learning. South.

When they were accorded from the fray. Spencer.

Sense 3. To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; as, to accord to one due praise. “According his desire.” Spencer.

Ac-cōrd’, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To agree; to be in correspondence.

My heart accordeth with my tongue. Shak.

But proceed as we accorded before dinner. W. Scott.

Sense 2. To agree in pitch and tone.